This dataset contains temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and current velocities obtained from the long-term Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) mooring operated by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL). The mooring is located at 30°05.410'N, 88°12.694'W, along the 20-m isobath about 25 km southwest of Mobile Bay, Alabama. This dataset contains non-continuous data collected between 2007-10-01 and 2016-08-19 using a variety of instruments, including thermistors, CTDs, and a bottom-mounted, upward-looking RDI 600 Workhorse Sentinel ADCP. Parameters include temperature; salinity; current vectors, speeds, and direction; dissolved oxygen and oxygen saturation; and sound velocity, although not all datasets contain each parameter. The data are in ASCII format, and the raw ADCP data is also included.
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| Title | TEMPERATURE, SALINITY, and CURRENT VELOCITIES collected from a long-term FOCAL mooring in the Gulf of Mexico from 2007-10-01 to 2016-08-19 (NCEI Accession 0248354) |
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| Description | This dataset contains temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and current velocities obtained from the long-term Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) mooring operated by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL). The mooring is located at 30°05.410'N, 88°12.694'W, along the 20-m isobath about 25 km southwest of Mobile Bay, Alabama. This dataset contains non-continuous data collected between 2007-10-01 and 2016-08-19 using a variety of instruments, including thermistors, CTDs, and a bottom-mounted, upward-looking RDI 600 Workhorse Sentinel ADCP. Parameters include temperature; salinity; current vectors, speeds, and direction; dissolved oxygen and oxygen saturation; and sound velocity, although not all datasets contain each parameter. The data are in ASCII format, and the raw ADCP data is also included. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T16:27:48.065Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | 0248354 , CONDUCTIVITY , CURRENT DIRECTION , CURRENT SPEED , CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) , CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) , DEPTH - BOTTOM , DEPTH - OBSERVATION , DISSOLVED OXYGEN , HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE , OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION , SALINITY , SOUND VELOCITY , WATER DENSITY , WATER TEMPERATURE , ADCP , CTD - moored CTD , multi-parameter water quality sensor , oxygen sensor , in situ , Dauphin Island Sea Lab , The University of Southern Mississippi , US Navy/Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis MS , Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi , Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) , Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) , Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico , Gulf of Mexico , oceanography , Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium (MESC) , Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE) , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY , specific conductance , ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler , CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth , OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS , CTD - specific model , temperature probe, CTD , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO , T1E3FW , environment , oceans |
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